Under the state-federal partnership, an unspecified number of KBI agents would receive ICE training allowing them to issue immigration detainers, serve warrants for some immigration violations and arrest people allegedly in the U.

KBI Director Tony Mattivi told The Star his agents will only be involved in arresting immigrants with a known criminal history.

Kansas’ attorney general and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) have signed a deal to assist federal immigration forces in the Sunflower State. Danedri Herbert with the Kansas Office of the Attorney General said in a press release on Monday,

Federal immigration agents are getting more help on the ground in Kansas to catch people who are undocumented.

Some agents with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation will get ICE training to help arrest and execute warrants for immigrants in the state illegally.